Kansas bank holdup ends in patrolman death
In Overland Park a bank robbery escalated to a gunfight that killed Kansas Highway Patrol Sgt. Eldon Miller, 48, the first Kansas patrolman killed by gunfire. Henry Floyd Brown, 38, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was wounded. Bud Jackson, 45, remained at large. Police recovered 13100 from Brown's apartment as officers pressed the manhunt.
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Kansas City
Kansas
Eldon Miller
Henry Floyd Brown
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Metcalf State Bank
Overland Park
Kan
Brown
James W. Bouska
Johnson County
Bud Jackson
Jackson
Overland Park City Hall
Chester Sundbye
Sundbye
Howard L. Upton
Richard Jarvis
Jarvis
Dead Trooper 15-Year Veteran Dead Trooper 15-Year Veteran
Eldon K. Miller, a Kansas state highway patrolman killed in a gun battle at Overland Park, served 15 years with the patrol. Born in Yates Center, he was assigned to stations in Lawrence, Mankato, Topeka, Arkansas City, Columbus, and Kansas City, Kansas. At death he served at the Shawnee Mission station.
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Topeka
Eldon K. Miller
Kansas
Overland Park
Yates Center
The
Patrol
Lawrence
Mankato
Arkansas City
Columbus
Kansas City
Kan
Hawks favor Clifford for defense secretary nomination
Washington AP Hawks in Congress praise President Johnson's pick Clark Clifford a longtime White House adviser and lawyer as defense secretary hopeful Doves cautious until his Vietnam war stance is clear Senate hearings loom Clifford would replace Robert McNamara and could take the post before March 1 McNamara would become president of the World Bank per Johnson plan
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Johnson
Clark M. Cliffford
White House
Clifford
Senate
Robert S. McNamara
Defense Department
McNamara
Defense
World Bank
Church Leaders To View War In Vietnam Urge Halt To Bombing
SAIGON Fifteen prominent Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish leaders survey the Vietnam War and urge President Johnson to halt bombing of North Vietnam and de escalate the ground war in the South. They say Americans cannot promote justice at home and help preserve feudal wealth abroad, signaling concern over South Vietnamese governance. The lay and clerical group are on a four day South Vietnam stop during a world tour after the First Interreligious Symposium on Peace in New Delhi. Signers include former Gov Harold E Stassen of Pennsylvania and Reverend Ralph Ab…
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Saigon
Johnson
North Vietnam
South
South Vietnam
New Delhi
Harold E. Stassen
Pennsylvania
Ralph Ab
U.S
United Nations
Viet- Nam
Vietnam
Legal Pot? East Lansing Push to Reevaluate Vietnam Policy
The State News along with religious leaders from Atlanta and New York urge President Johnson to halt bombing, deescalate, and pursue negotiations in Vietnam. The appeal warns the war harms global peace and family life, while expressing support for the military’s service and seeking a more sensitive US policy stance.
Kasperak in Critical Condition at Stanford
Mike Kasperak the heart transplant patient in Stanford Medical Center is described as extremely grave after a third intestinal operation in a week. Doctors fear infectious influences may attack his weakened system as the world’s fourth heart transplant patient. The January 6 heart transplant remains functioning despite multiple surgeries and internal bleeding.
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Stanford
Calif
Mike Kasperak
Stanford University Medical Center
Kasperak
Pittsburgh
Western Pennsylvania Heart Association
First Seven Days Produce 22 Bills First Seven Days Produce 22 Bills
The 1968 Kansas Legislature closed its first full week Friday with 22 bills introduced. Gov. Docking urged consumer fraud legislation. committees and individual members filed measures on welfare, mental health standards, licensing, and local government finance. The Senate backed a bill to place vocational schools and junior colleges under a new 15 member advisory council.
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Topeka
Kansas
House
Richard Rogers
Manhattan
Robert Docking
Public Welfare Committee
Legislative Council
Docking
State Department of Social Welfare
State Board of Social Welfare
State Interagency Council On Children
House Agriculture Committee
Cooperative Marketing Association
Governor’s Committee On Criminal Administration
Judiciary Committee
Hubert Fatzer
Fellsburg
Wyandotte
Kansas City
Senate
Vocational
Weather County Forecast Mostly Fair and Mild
County forecast calls for mostly fair skies with mild conditions. Tonight will be mild with a low mid to upper 50s expected. Sunday the high will reach mid to upper 50s with continued fair weather.
Stamps Found in Idaho Statehouse Vault
Collection in Boise reveals two sheets of 1913 series six cent stamps discovered in a statehouse vault.
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Boise, Idaho
Ottawa adults earn high school equivalency diplomas
Forty one adults passed the tests for high school equivalency after a semester of Evening Adult Basic Education in Ottawa. Fifty two test takers aged 19 to 60 will graduate January 29 at Eugene Field School with Dr. Roger Pankratz as speaker.
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Ottawa
Eugene Field School
Roger Pankratz
Emporia State College
David K. Clapsaddle
Kansas
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New York
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John Wesley Lord
Washington, D.C
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Foreign Relations Advisory Board
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Harrys. Truman
John F. Kennedy
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Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
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Russell
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
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J. William Fulbright
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George D. Aiken
R-Vt
Aiken
Cutford
Alken
First United Presbyterian Church
3Rd and Walnut
Coats Corner
Us59
Mid-America Refining Co
Chanute
Lois Smith
St. Joseph’s Center
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Clapsaddle
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